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There's a lot to love about Nigel Hayes of the Wisconsin Badgers. Now NCAA fans can add his impressive vocabulary to that list. In a press conference held this Saturday in Omaha, Hayes decided to make things interesting for the stenographer in the room by working a string of 3-point vocabulary into his statements. "I actually like words," Hayes said. Continue reading...

Is "taper" really what the Fed's threatening? Why, exactly, would you call the Kenyan mall siege an "asymmetric attack"? And how can Republicans avoid "immolation," and President Obama duck the label "irresolute"? Continue reading...

In his latest batch of under-the-radar euphemisms, Mark Peters introduces such linguistic doozies as "ethical cheating," an oxymoronic term that came to light after the Ashley Madison hacking hubbub. Continue reading...

Students across North America master a staggering number of words, Etiwanda wins a stunning 8th banner but still falls a little short, and "Larry Lexicon" makes us smile. Continue reading...

In a review of Clive James's new translation of Dante's The Divine Comedy, critic Tom Bissell used the word theodicy to great effect. Continue reading...

Did you know that the Vocabulary.com Dictionary includes pronunciation? Watch this short video for a look at how this works. Continue reading...

In a new poem, "Pastorals in the Atrium," which appeared in the most recent issue of Poetry Magazine, Canadian Sadiqa de Meijer uses the word verdigris in her opening stanza. Continue reading...

Which is correct, stuffing or dressing? Why is it called a cornucopia, anyway? Where did we get the word pumpkin? Fascinate your family and friends on Turkey Day with the answers to these and other vexing vocabulary questions. Continue reading...